大使 dàshǐ ambassador
ambassador; envoy
How to remember 大使: 大 big + 使 use = ambassador.
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How it is used
- Ambassador - a country's top diplomatic envoy: 中国驻美大使 (Zhōngguó zhù Měi dàshǐ) China's ambassador to the US; measure word 位/名.
- Also figurative 'goodwill ambassador': 爱心大使 (àixīn dàshǐ), 形象大使 (brand ambassador).
- The embassy is 大使馆 (dàshǐguǎn).
Example sentences
- 大使被从华沙召回。 Dàshǐ bèi cóng huáshā zhàohuí.The ambassador was recalled from Warsaw.
- 他有权出入美国大使馆。 Tā yǒuquán chūrù měiguódàshǐguǎn.He has access to the American Embassy.
- 我去英国大使馆办签证。 Wǒ qù Yīngguó dàshǐguǎn bàn qiānzhèng.I'm going to the British embassy to get a visa.